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In the 1980 remake of [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0080948 The Jazz Singer], Yussel Rabinovitch (Neil Diamond) defies his cantor father (Laurence Olivier) to become, well not a jazz singer, but a pop singer. There's a great scene where he plays his slow tender ballad "Love on the Rocks" to a Billy Idol-like rocker, who then turns it into a sneering punk rock song. Somebody find out that character's name!
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In the 1980 remake of ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080948/reference The Jazz Singer]'', Yussel Rabinovitch (Neil Diamond) defies his cantor father (Laurence Olivier) to become, well not a jazz singer, but a pop singer with this name.  
  
[[Category:The Jazz Singer|Rabinovitch]]
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There's a great scene where he plays his slow tender ballad "Love on the Rocks" to Billy Idol-ish rocker [[Keith Lennox]], who then turns it into a sneering rock song.
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[[Category:1980|Robin, Jess]]
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[[Category:The Jazz Singer|Robin, Jess]]
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[[Category:Pop|Robin, Jess]]
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[[Category:Podcast Ep. 03|Robin, Jess]]

Latest revision as of 14:42, 2 May 2025

In the 1980 remake of The Jazz Singer, Yussel Rabinovitch (Neil Diamond) defies his cantor father (Laurence Olivier) to become, well not a jazz singer, but a pop singer with this name.

There's a great scene where he plays his slow tender ballad "Love on the Rocks" to Billy Idol-ish rocker Keith Lennox, who then turns it into a sneering rock song.